A quine is "a program that generates

A quine is "a program that generates a copy of its own source text as its complete output".

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barlow says:

I think a better use of spare time would be to actually read some Willard V. O. Quine books!

» by barlow on Aug 31, 2004 at 06:48 PM

will says:

Meet the mack daddy of quines: http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/

» by will on Sep 01, 2004 at 11:14 AM

Nick says:

I know a really easy one that works in many languages, the source is listed immediately following the colon:

» by Nick on Sep 02, 2004 at 03:43 PM

steve says:

A quine is a program that no at all really cares about.

» by steve on Sep 04, 2004 at 02:12 AM

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This entry was published on August 31, 2004 at 04:44 pm.

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